Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter P

She has been a painter, photographer, collagist (having invented a number of surrealist collage meth

She has been a painter, photographer, collagist (having invented a number of surrealist collage methods including the "landscapade" and "insect music" [in which cut-out shapes are placed on the background of a musical score].)[1] and writer, and "graphic

Was a noted Chinese conductor and composer. He was a native of Wuhan, in the Hubei province of centr

Was a noted Chinese conductor and composer. He was a native of Wuhan, in the Hubei province of central China.He learned to play the erhu beginning at age seven. He directed the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra (????????), a large orchestra of Chinese traditional (and modernized traditional) instruments which was based in Beijing.

Is a best-selling English author of over 200 romance novels. She start writing regency romances as C

Is a best-selling English author of over 200 romance novels. She start writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, now she writes contemporany romances as Penny Jordan and historical romances as Annie Groves (her mother's maiden name). She also signed novels as Melinda Wright and Lydia Hitchcock.

Was a U.S. journalist and book author.Lernoux began working in Latin America in 1961, just before th

Was a U.S. journalist and book author.Lernoux began working in Latin America in 1961, just before the Catholic Church was transformed by Vatican II. She worked in Rio de Janeiro and Bogot

Was a Finnish author. He is best known for his books Vääpeli Sadon tapaus 1935 and Noitaympyrä 19

Was a Finnish author. He is best known for his books Vääpeli Sadon tapaus 1935 and Noitaympyrä 1931.

Was one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 60's and 70's. His b

Was one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 60's and 70's. His body of work comprises poetry and translations, among them such classics as Homer's Odyssey and James Joyce's Ulysses. According to Saarikoski, he was the only person in the world having translated both Homer's and Joyce's Ulysess – a statement that probably holds true even today. Moreover, it only took two years for him to translate Homer's Odyssey from Victor Bérard's edition, which is thought to be a rather fast accomplishment.[1] Other notable translations include Poetics by Aristotle and Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

Is a journalist based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He writes a column entitled The Roving Eye for Asia Time

Is a journalist based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He writes a column entitled The Roving Eye for Asia Times Online and is analyst and correspondent for The Real News Network. His prescient article, 'Get Osama! Now! Or else...', was published by Asia Times Online two weeks before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.[1]

Is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern Californi

Is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

Was one of the major poets English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest ly

Was one of the major poets English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets in the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, and The Masque of

Is a Turkish author.She completed her high school education in Samsun and at Lycee Saint Pulcherie i

Is a Turkish author.She completed her high school education in Samsun and at Lycee Saint Pulcherie in Istanbul. She spent most of her childhood in Anatolia. After moving to Istanbul, Celal worked at Elektrik Sirketi and Nesriyat Bürosu. In 1944, she went to Switzerland to work as an assistant at the Press Office in Bern. Upon her return to Turkey, she worked at the governments press and publishing agency "Basin Yayin Kurumu" and the newspaper "Yeni Istanbul".

A retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for HPK and TPS. He w

A retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for HPK and TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985.

A prolific Malayalam author. He has written several novels and short stories. One of his most famous

A prolific Malayalam author. He has written several novels and short stories. One of his most famous and critically acclaimed novels is Oru Sankeerthanam Pole (1993) for which he won the Vayalar Award in 1996.[1][2] In 2006, he was awarded the Malayattoor Award for his novel, Narayanam.[3]

Was a Bulgarian Catholic bishop, historian and a key Bulgarian National Revival figure. Petar Bogdan

Was a Bulgarian Catholic bishop, historian and a key Bulgarian National Revival figure. Petar Bogdan restored the Bulgarian Catholic Eparchy and was one of the organizers of an Bulgarian uprising of the region of Chiprovtsi against the Ottoman rule. He is most famous for being the author of the the first Bulgarian history.

Was a Croatian writer. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important figur

Was a Croatian writer. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important figure of the Renaissance period in Croatian literature. His major work Fishing and Fishermen’s Talk (Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje, 1568), is a hybrid genre: simultaneously a travelogue, discourse in fishing, reflexive poem and poetic epistle to his friend Jeronim Bartucevic.

Was a Bosnian Serb poet and writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Like Borisav Stankovic who was self-m

Was a Bosnian Serb poet and writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Like Borisav Stankovic who was self-made and successful poet of Slavic South, like Ivo Cipiko who was poet of seaside - Kocic was poet of Bosnian mountains and fresh life of his area.

Was a Serbian composer. He was born in Curug (Backa). While a pedagogy student in Sombor, Konjovic s

Was a Serbian composer. He was born in Curug (Backa). While a pedagogy student in Sombor, Konjovic self-taught himself the art of compositure and conducting. He finished his education at the Prague Conservatorium in 1906.

Was a Serbian composer and conductor famous throughout Yugoslavia.Krstic studied under the Austrian

Was a Serbian composer and conductor famous throughout Yugoslavia.Krstic studied under the Austrian composer Robert Fox in Vienna. He was a famed conductor and pedagogue in Belgrade as well as musical leader of Belgrade radio. His most famous operas inclu

Is a composer, arranger and conductorHe studied choral conducting with Professor Georgi Dimitrov at

Is a composer, arranger and conductorHe studied choral conducting with Professor Georgi Dimitrov at the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of Music (Sofia), from which he graduated in 1957. During his studies and as a result of the influence of Filip Kutev he became interested in Bulgarian folk music, which has been his main field of work since then. In 1957 he founded the Dobrudja Folk Ensemble, which he directed until 1982. He became then Director of the folk ensemble "Silistra", until 1988. He has been a member of the jury in many folklore festivals, both International and Bulgarian.

Was a Croatian poet.In 1847 he was again stationed in Italy where he took part in the Wars of Italia

Was a Croatian poet.In 1847 he was again stationed in Italy where he took part in the Wars of Italian Unification. When he returned to Croatia, he became a close associate of Josip Jelacic. He was stationed to various Austrian military outposts and gradually rose to the rank of general.

Was a Croatian Renaissance writer from Zadar.He is most important as the author of Planine, the firs

Was a Croatian Renaissance writer from Zadar.He is most important as the author of Planine, the first Croatian novel. Pastoral in nature, the novel shows influence of Virgil, Ovid, Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio. The novel was written in 1538 and published in 1569.

Is a South African novelist.His father was from Ethiopia and his mother was a mixed race person, a "

Is a South African novelist.His father was from Ethiopia and his mother was a mixed race person, a "Kleurlinger" (Coloured). He was born in Vrededorp, nearby Johannesburg, but left South Africa in 1939. He worked first as a sailor, and then as a journalist in London, at which time, he lived with his wife, Daphne, at Loughton. Whilst in London, he met several important black leaders and writers, such as Jomo Kenyatta. He then settled in Jamaica in 1956.[1] One of South Africa's most prominent black writers,[2] his work deals with political and social issues, especially with racism. His novel, Mine Boy (1946), one of the first works to bring him to critical attention,

Was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He was key to the genesis of early modernism in the city

Was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He was key to the genesis of early modernism in the city.He was born Richard Engländer on March 9, 1859. The nom de plume, "Altenberg", came from a small town on the Danube River. Allegedly, he chose the "Peter" to honor a young girl whom he remembered as an unrequited love (it had been her nickname). Although he grew up in a middle class Jewish family, Altenberg eventually separated himself from his family of origin by dropping out of both law and medical school, and embracing Bohemianism as a permanent lifestyle choice. He cultivated a feminine appearance and feminine handwriting, wore a cape, sandals and a broad-brimmed hat, and despised 'macho' masculinity.

Was a German composer.Claiming to be of Swabian aristocrat stock he was born in Lengfurt near Wurzbe

Was a German composer.Claiming to be of Swabian aristocrat stock he was born in Lengfurt near Wurzberg in Bavaria. He began the Anglo-Bavarian branch to the Kreusser [Kreußer] family when he married Anne Rickets in London.

He commenced writing poetry while travelling through Texas in 1983. His early works, including his f

He commenced writing poetry while travelling through Texas in 1983. His early works, including his first book Thunder Road, Thunder Heart (1988), show the influence of American Beat writers such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. His poems have appeared in over one hundred literary magazines worldwide, predominantly in English but also in Arabic, German, Japanese, Polish, Spanish and French. He has lived in Melbourne and London, and travelled widely throughout Australia, Europe, North America and Africa, occasionally as an artist-in-residence. In 2007 he became an artist in residence at the University of Macau

Is an Armenian-American poet, writer and academic.

Is an Armenian-American poet, writer and academic.